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Circuit Breaker

DE: Leistungsschalter-Pattern

Pattern that stops requests to a failing service to allow recovery.

Technology & Platforms

Circuit Breaker Threshold

DE: Leistungsschalter-Schwelle

Trigger level at which requests are cut off to a failing service.

Technology & Platforms

Cliff

DE: Cliff-Periode

Initial vesting period during which no equity vests; first chunk vests at the cliff date.

Financing & Investors Source ↗

Closing Conditions

DE: Abschlussbedingungen

Requirements that must be satisfied prior to funding at closing.

Financing & Investors

Co-investment

DE: Co-Investment

LP or partner invests alongside a lead investor on the same terms.

Financing & Investors

Co-Marketing

DE: Co-Marketing

Joint marketing initiatives between two brands.

Market & Strategy

Co-Sale Rights

DE: Mitverkaufsrechte

Right allowing investors to sell shares alongside selling shareholders.

Financing & Investors Synonyms: tag-along

Cockroach Startup

DE: Kakerlaken-Startup

Extremely resilient company that survives adverse conditions.

Culture & Buzzwords

Code Freeze

DE: Code-Freeze

Temporary halt to changes to stabilize for release.

Technology & Platforms

Codeless Experimentation

DE: No-Code-Experimente

Running experiments with configuration rather than code changes.

Product & Growth

Cohort Analysis

DE: Kohortenanalyse

Analysis tracking user groups over time to observe retention and monetization.

Metrics Source ↗

Cohort ARPU

DE: Kohorten-ARPU

Average revenue per user within a cohort.

Metrics

Cohort Gross Margin

DE: Kohorten-Bruttomarge

Gross margin measured per cohort over time.

Metrics

Cohort NRR

DE: Kohorten-NRR

Net revenue retention measured by cohort.

Metrics

Cold Outreach

DE: Kaltes Anschreiben

Unsolicited contact to investors without prior relationship.

Financing & Investors

Cold Partition

DE: Kalte Partition

Shard receiving little traffic, risking imbalance.

Technology & Platforms

Cold Start

DE: Kalter Start

Latency spike when a serverless function or service initializes.

Technology & Platforms

Columnar Storage

DE: Spaltenorientierte Speicherung

Database storage that organizes data by columns for analytics.

Technology & Platforms

Committed ARR

DE: Vertraglich gebundenes ARR

ARR under signed agreements not yet fully live.

Metrics Synonyms: CARR

Committed Capital

DE: Zugesagtes Kapital

Total capital pledged by LPs to a fund, drawn over the fund’s life.

Financing & Investors

Comms Rhythm

DE: Kommunikationsrhythmus

Planned cadence for internal announcements and updates.

Organization & Leadership

Communications Plan

DE: Kommunikationsplan

Structured plan for internal/external messaging around changes.

Organization & Leadership

Community-Led Growth (CLG)

DE: Community-getriebenes Wachstum

Growth driven by user communities and advocates.

Product & Growth Synonyms: CLG

Comp Review

DE: Vergütungsreview

Periodic review of pay, bonuses, and equity adjustments.

Organization & Leadership

Compaction

DE: Komprimierung (Log)

Log cleanup retaining only the latest value per key.

Technology & Platforms